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I have a plot as below:-
lg1 = {GraphicsRow[{Blue, "- Type A"}], GraphicsRow[{Orange, "- Type B"}]};
plot1 = ListPlot[{{{4, 1}, {3, 6}, {3, 4}}, {{4, 7}, {8, 5}, {2, 6}}}, PlotRange -> All];
Legended[plot1, lg1]
As you can see, the legend is very "loose". I want to to be more compact. In fact I can change lg1 to lg1 = Column@{"Blue - Type A", "Orange - Type B"}, but then the color will become text as below:-
How can I keep the color and make it more compact? Many thanks!
GraphicsRow is introducing lots of space. If you're going to construct the legend manually, I suggest using Row instead, which gives a much more compact result:
lg1 = {Row[{Blue, "- Type A"}], Row[{Orange, "- Type B"}]};
plot1 = ListPlot[{{{4, 1}, {3, 6}, {3, 4}}, {{4, 7}, {8, 5}, {2, 6}}},
PlotRange -> All];
Legended[plot1, lg1]
Also, the use of Show shouldn't necessarily be an issue for Legended or PlotLegends. The dynamics might not either, but it may depend on what your specific usage is.
Row[{ListPlot[{{{4, 1}, {3, 6}, {3, 4}}, {{4, 7}, {8, 5}, {2, 6}}},
PlotRange -> All],
Grid[{{Blue, "- Type A"}, {Orange, "- Type B"}}]}]
ListPlot[{{{4, 1}, {3, 6}, {3, 4}}, {{4, 7}, {8, 5}, {2, 6}}}, PlotRange -> All, PlotLegends -> {"Type A", "Type B"}]$\endgroup$ – bobthechemist Jul 6 '18 at 23:09Legendedis needed to be at the outer most layer. In my real case, there is ashowbetween theLegendedand the plots (there are several plots), and the legend needs to be dynamic as well. Thus theLegendedcannot just be input as a plot option. $\endgroup$ – H42 Jul 6 '18 at 23:15